U.S. Republican presidential nominee
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) speaks at a campaign rally in Sarasota, Florida
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Latest poll results
Monday suggested that U.S. Republican presidential nominee John McCain faces an
uphill battle just week ahead of the Nov. 4 presidential elections.
His Democratic opponent Barack Obama is hanging onto
leads in several battleground states as well as a handful of traditionally "red
states" won by President George W. Bush in 2004, CNN's average of several recent
state polls shows.
According to a string of new polls of polls from CNN,
Obama holds narrow leads in Ohio, Missouri, Florida, Nevada, and Virginia.
McCain meanwhile is hanging onto his lead in Indiana
and West Virginia.
In Ohio, the state no Republican has won the White
House without, Obama is holding a 4 point lead, 50 percent to 46 percent.
In Missouri, the state that voted for Bush twice,
Obama holds a1 point lead over McCain.
Obama is holding onto a 2-point lead in Florida
meanwhile, 48 percent to 46 percent.
In Nevada, Obama has a 4-point lead, 49 to 45 percent
-- a lead that hasn't changed over the last week.
In Virginia, a state that hasn't voted Democratic in
over 4 decades, but one that has been increasingly trending Democratic, Obama
holds a 5 point lead, 50 to 45 percent.
McCain meanwhile has a 1-point lead in Indiana, 47 to
45 percent, another state that hasn't voted Democratic since the 1960's but one
that the Obama campaign has heavily targeted.
McCain also has an 8 point lead in West Virginia, 50
to 42 percent.
Based on the polls, analysts said McCain faces an
uphill climb in the final week of his presidential campaign.
"The Republicans haven't lost Virginia in 44 years.
They absolutely need Florida to reach 270 electoral votes on Election Night.
They've never won the White House without carrying Ohio. And the last time
Missouri backed a losing candidate was in 1956,"noted CNN Senior Political
Researcher Alan Silverleib.
"McCain is now trailing -- albeit narrowly -- in all
four of these states. He needs a dramatic turnaround this week to have a serious
shot at winning on November 4," he added.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S.
President George W. Bush and his wife as well as Vice President Dick Cheney have
cast their votes for their party's presidential candidate John McCain, the White
House said on Friday.
"Today the president and Mrs. Bush
cast their ballots for the 2008 election during the early voting process. The
ballots will be mailed back to Texas today," said spokeswoman Dana Perino in a
statement. Full story
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- With
only 10 days before the Nov. 4 election day, U.S. Democrats are pushing forward
with party's unity by adding former President Bill Clinton's popularity to its
presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign, according to a TV report on
Sunday.
Clinton Foundation confirmed to CNN that the former
president would, for the first time, campaign with Obama in Florida on
Wednesday. Full story
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Republican
presidential candidate John McCain's campaign defended vice presidential
candidate Sarah Palin's fashion expenses that has grabbed public and media
attention with only days before the election day.
The wardrobe controversy was expanded with a report
saying Palin's stylist, Amy Strozzi, was paid 22,800 U.S. dollars for the first
two weeks in October, while McCain's foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann,
was paid only 12,500 dollars during the same period. Full story
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) --
Republican presidential candidate John McCain lost his lead in rural American
voters as more of them favored his Democratic rival, Barack Obama, in handling
the country's economic crisis, said a poll released on Thursday.
According to the survey conducted by the Center for
Rural Strategies, Obama slightly led McCain by 46 percent to 45 percent among
the 841 likely rural voters in 13 battleground states including New Hampshire,
Pennsylvania and Ohio. Full story
